Anti-tank obstacles

concrete anti-tank obstacles

static anti-tank obstacle defense

modular concrete or plastic barrier

ditches dug to hold up the advance of enemy tanks

structure or terrain built or modified to delay, divert or halt the advance of enemy tanks

Defensive fortifications of Vaud, Switzerland, from WWII

thumb|300px|A Cointet-element on a beach, rigged with explosive "sausages" by an American Underwater Demolition Team. thumb|300px|Cointet-element at Colleville-sur-Mer The Cointet-element, also known as a Belgian Gate or C-element, was a heavy steel fence about wide and high, typically mounted on concrete rollers, used as a mobile anti-tank obstacle during World War II. Each individual fence element weighed about and was movable (e.g. with two horses) through the use of two fixed and one rotating roller. Its invention is attributed to a French colonel (later general), Léon-Edmond de Cointet d